we spent $3 trillion in afghanistan, i don t think it s going to turn out well, so maybe that was one we could have avoided, and a memorial can only do so much. leland: 5,000 americans who were lost there. we talked to two gold star mothers who how much better of a job america is doing now than we did during the time of vietnam and also to your work in building memorial. appreciate your time as always, thank you to your service overseas and your services for the country. thank you. leland: on memorial day we will honor navajo, born in arizona, marine veteran, was one of new mexico s first native american state senators after serving his country overseas, he came back and served his own state representing constituents
chargers without their head coach on the sidelines. he is going to miss the game with a complex migraine condition and on the field they might get their starting quarterback simien and rookie was sacked six times against the falcons last week and that was the broncos first and only loss of the season. siemian a game-time decision. winner has a date with the cubs in the national league championship series and tomorrow the blue jays and indians in the alcs on our sister station tbs. we re debating here, coy, if you missed your first good opportunity since you ve been doing this. when you said that auston matthews born in california and moved to arizona both of us thought king tut. born in arizona and moved to babylonian. i love that you guys are on me and you re going to push me to be better. i have to bring it for you
a very crowded time of the evening there, 11:00 at night. we will continue to follow this story as more pictures and more eyewitness accounts come in. please do stay with us. meanwhile, as we wait, relatives of an american captive in iran are holding out hope that he might be freed after two years behind bars. we saw a historic thaw in tensions between the u.s. and iran in recent days when a landmark deal on iran s nuclear program was reached but so far, there s no evidence that the deal will lead to the release of the 30-year-old who describes himself as a hostage. amir is all american, born in arizona, raised in michigan and after high school, a u.s. marine who served in iraq. the son of iranian immigrants, two years ago he decided to visit their home country to meet his relatives. he said mom, i didn t do anything. i just want to go see, you know, iran, my relative, my grandma.
she pointed them in these boys direction. amir hekmati an ex-marine, born in arizona, raised in michigan. his family says the 28-year-old was arrested in august while visiting his grandmother and other relatives in iran. they say his reported confession, quote unquote, had to have been coerced. also in the news, emotional moments last night at a memorial service marking the one-year anniversary of the tucson shooting mass sack they re left six people dead. congresswoman gaby giffords, one of 13 people wounded, recited the pledge of allegiance. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. such a goose bumps moment. she, by the way is still recovering from her injuries from that incident.
we re going through, the whole primary process, the whole point to figure out who is the best candidate to beat president barack obama. i think that means you have to go through all of their activities. let me give an example. donna brazile said after the debate on saturday night the democrats were thrilled that romney is front-runner because they say he is the weakest candidate. that is strong statement from a democrat. we republicans have to make sure we vetted all our candidates. that the american people have rendered judgement who the best candidate is before we move forward that is clearly the process. martha: that is clearly the process. thank you so much for being here. the process is far from over. jackie gingrich, thanks for coming to america s newsroom. we ll see you soon. thank you very much. martha: all right. bill: 36 minutes past the hour now. want to go to a former u.s. marine sentenced to die in iran. a court convicting. amir hekmati. born in arizona. went to high s